Posts Tagged ‘1960s’

Garden Helper

Thursday, July 15th, 2010

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vintage "Do it Yourself Gardening Annual 1960"

We wrote a short blog about growing our own recently…

detail of vintage gardening annual from 1960

… or our attempts at least!

detail from vintage 1960s gardening annual

How about this for the perfect companion?

cover from vintage 1960s gardening annual

This fab 1960s garden DIY annual should help. Even looking at the cover makes us want to get out there and dig!

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London Boys

Thursday, June 17th, 2010

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vintage "Chelsea Pensioners" ceramic tile designed by Kenneth Townsend

After Justin’s recent spate of bringing young ladies home, I thought it should be my turn!

I’ve just picked up these two lovely old boys.

detail of vintage "Chelsea Pensioners" ceramic tile designed by Kenneth Townsend showing original packaging

They’re Chelsea Pensioners, and are the newest addition to my collection of Kenneth Townsend tiles.

vintage "City Gent" ceramic tile designed by Kenneth Townsend

All these examples are from a ‘London‘ series produced in the 1960s.

vintage "Beefeater" ceramic tile designed by Kenneth Townsend

It’s not been long since we mentioned Kenneth Townsend tiles – having recently blogged about his ‘Menagerie‘ series. But we don’t need much of an excuse to show off his work!

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Pinny for your thoughts!

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

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vintage pinny with Alpine scene with pretty blonde lady and snow-topped mountain in the background

There’s a new woman in Justin’s life!

vintage pinny showing pretty blonde lady

She’s an alpine flower girl – and resides on this fabulous vintage pinny.

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She came home with him on Wednesday – and he definitely took longer photographing this apron than he does photographing a cruet set – dreaming of life in the alpine meadows!

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We love period kitchen textiles – tea towels, aprons, oven gloves, pan grabs, curtains etc.

Have a look at all the vintage pinnys currently available in the H is for Home shop

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